# quatre
## English
### Alternative forms

* cater

### Etymology

Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkætə(ɹ)/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

quatre (plural quatres)
* (archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips.
** 1775, “a Connoisseur”, “Containing an Account of the Game of Back-gammon, with the most approved Method of playing at it, and the Rules of the Game. Together with the Artifices and Legerdemains that are frequently practised at it.”, in Annals of Gaming; or, The Fair Player’s Sure Guide. Containing Original Treatises on the following Games. […], London: […] G. Allen, […], pages 181–182:Accordingly the firſt beſt throw upon the dice is eſteemed aces, as it ſtops the ſix point in the outer table, and ſecures the cinque in your own, whereby your adverſary's two men upon your ace point cannot get out with either quatre, cinq, or ſix.
** 1775, “Introduction to the Game of Back-Gammon; With the most approved Method of playing at it”, in Charles Jones, editor, Hoyle’s Games Improved. Being Practical Treatises on the following Fashionable Games, […], London: […] J. Rivington and J. Wilkie, […], page 170:The firſt beſt Throw upon the Dice is eſteemed Aces, as it ſtops the Six-Point in the outer Table, and ſecures the Cinque in your own, whereby your Adverſary’s two Men upon your Ace-Point cannot get out with either Quatre, Cinque, or Six.

#### Related terms

* ace, deuce, trey, cinque, sice

### See also

* ménage à quatre
* pas de quatre
* quatre quart

### Anagrams

* aquert, quarte

## Aragonese
### Etymology

Akin to Spanish cuatro, from Latin quattuor.

### Numeral

quatre
* four

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Occitan quatre, French quatre, and Spanish cuatro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈkwa.tɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkwa.tɾe]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atɾe

### Numeral

quatre m or f
* (cardinal number) four
* a few
    quatre gats ― only a few people (literally, “four cats”)

#### Derived terms

* quatre gats (“only a few people”, literally “four cats”)
* dir quatre coses (“to tell off”, literally “to tell four things”)
* fer quatre ratlles (“to write a short text”, literally “to make four lines”)

### Noun

quatre m (plural quatres)
* four
* (castells) a castell with four castellers per level

### References

* “quatre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Catalan quatre, Italian quattro, Portuguese quatro, Spanish cuatro.

### Pronunciation

* (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA: /katʁ/
* (preceding a consonant) IPA: /ka.tʁə/, (colloquial) /kat/
* Audio (France):(file)

### Numeral

quatre (invariable)
* four

#### Derived terms

* à un de ces quatre
* dire ses quatre vérités
* entre quatre yeux
* la semaine des quatre jeudis
* manger comme quatre
* patin à quatre roues
* patin à roulettes quatre roues
* quatre cents
* quatre dragons du Pacifique
* quatre volontés
* quatrième
* se mettre en quatre
* se plier en quatre
* tiré à quatre épingles
* tous les quatre matins
* trèfle à quatre feuilles
* un de ces quatre
* un de ces quatre matins

#### Descendants

* Antillean Creole: katr, kat
* Garifuna: gádürü
* Guianese Creole: katr, kat
* Karipúna Creole French: kat
* Louisiana Creole: kat
* Seychellois Creole: kat
* Tayo: katr
* → English: quatre

### See also

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) :
| as | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept |
| huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |

### Further reading

* “quatre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* traque, traqué

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.trə/

### Numeral

quatre (invariable)
* four (4)

#### Descendants

* French: quatre (see there for further descendants)

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* quat' (Jersey)
* quate (continental Norman)

### Etymology

From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

### Numeral

quatre
* (Guernsey) four

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor. Cognates include Catalan quatre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.tɾe/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: qua‧tre

### Numeral

quatre
* four

#### Related terms

* quaranta
* quart
* quatren

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* catre, qatre

### Etymology

From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈk(w)atɾə/

### Numeral

cardinal number :
| 4 | Previous: | trois |
| 4 | Next: | cinc |
quatre
* four

#### Descendants

* Champenois: caitre, quaitre
* Franc-Comtois: quaitre
* Middle French: quatre
** French: quatre (see there for further descendants)
* Norman: quate (continental), quatre (Guernsey), quat' (Jersey)
* Picard: quate
* Walloon: cwate